Socrates, Lucretius, Camus: Two Philosophical Traditions on DeathThe present essay attempts to do something that has not been done in the recent literature concerning death, namely, to link reasons for attitudes towards death to reasons for different metaphysical postions on human being and the place of human being in the universe. Most recent discussions of death either place the topic directly in the context of nothing more than ethical considerations continued on the next page. |
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... character of Emma are therefore different from those any other character makes about Emma . Moreover , the narrator presents us with pieces of information about Emma that other characters lack . Sometimes it is direct : we are told ...
... character of Emma are therefore different from those any other character makes about Emma . Moreover , the narrator presents us with pieces of information about Emma that other characters lack . Sometimes it is direct : we are told ...
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... character can be accounted for in terms of the needs of society and of the individual in a social context . One's character is of importance to others ; they learn to discern it in order to look after their own good , as they interact ...
... character can be accounted for in terms of the needs of society and of the individual in a social context . One's character is of importance to others ; they learn to discern it in order to look after their own good , as they interact ...
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... character that unify one's thought and action as one's own . But there is yet more . As Locke also recognized ... character . What is required is the union of these two in a character that includes the capacity for self- conscious ...
... character that unify one's thought and action as one's own . But there is yet more . As Locke also recognized ... character . What is required is the union of these two in a character that includes the capacity for self- conscious ...
Contents
Where Death Is I Am Not Lucretius | 29 |
Overcoming Death Socrates and His Successors | 77 |
The Epicurean Reply Hume | 167 |
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